It's like the Krispy Kreme fad, $50 for a dozen outside of a convenience store, because people didn't want stand in line. The donuts at the shop were $3 each. The only reason they were any good is because they were fresh-baked...just like any other $1 fresh-baked donut from any other bakery in the city.

FTFA: The first time he met a scalper, Ansel asked what happened to his other Cronuts after the man got back in line-the scalper looked him in the eye and told him he scalped them, Ansel said. "He was obviously drunk, and it scared me to think someone bought second-hand food off of him."Which leads us to Ansel's major concern about schemers, scalpers and third-party delivery-food safety. "I don't know much about the delivery service, but I do hope they give people some sort of guarantee for hygiene. Here at the bakery, we have to answer to the Department of Health, but once it's out of our doors, I can't guarantee it hasn't been handled or (even worse), left out for days."

It's got a hole in the middle and it's filled with cream. If the worst thing the drunk scalper does is let it get a little stale, his buyers are leading a charmed life.

Amphipath:Russ1642: gweilo8888: It doesn't. They're not. I can claim I have a delivery service for freshly sliced panda ears with a bechamel sauce, and that I have been charging $7,032 to deliver each one. Doesn't make it true, or mean that a single person has used the service.

The real explanation is that if you tell a yellow journalist some piece of nonsense like the above, they'll promote your sliced panda ears for you. Or in this case, your croissant-donut hybrid. And I would put money that's what happened here. Not a single person paid a single cent for a single cronut to be delivered. Nine out of ten of you didn't even know what a cronut was yesterday. Now you do.

The advertisement worked.

I want some of your exquisite panda ears. Do you ship to Canada?

Yeah those sound awesome. How much are they? I'll pay more than Russ. And what do you call them?

I've 'heard' that these panda ear things with bechamel sauce are the most amazing aphrodisiac ever... will turn a frigid housewife into a raging nympho just from the smell!!!! merely licking the sauce from the edge of one has been known to incite spontaneous day-long orgies... the kings used them in ancient rome... look it up./worth every cent!

Amphipath:Russ1642: gweilo8888: It doesn't. They're not. I can claim I have a delivery service for freshly sliced panda ears with a bechamel sauce, and that I have been charging $7,032 to deliver each one. Doesn't make it true, or mean that a single person has used the service.

The real explanation is that if you tell a yellow journalist some piece of nonsense like the above, they'll promote your sliced panda ears for you. Or in this case, your croissant-donut hybrid. And I would put money that's what happened here. Not a single person paid a single cent for a single cronut to be delivered. Nine out of ten of you didn't even know what a cronut was yesterday. Now you do.

The advertisement worked.

I want some of your exquisite panda ears. Do you ship to Canada?

Yeah those sound awesome. How much are they? I'll pay more than Russ. And what do you call them?

Get your ASS back in line, bub. You think I'm standing here for my health?!?! First come, first served means that I will POUND YOUR FACE if you step in front of me again!

Second lesson of the day: Keep supply below demand. You will notice that like Apple, I have intentionally limited access to my products. OK, slightly more than Apple. I have yet to sell a single panda ear. The bechamel sauce is ready, but I'm having difficulty sourcing the panda ears. However, I have a queue around the block. They're the next big thing.

I should contact that journo and let her know they're preselling for $5,000 apiece on the black market. It might even be true.

Mikeyworld:It's like the Krispy Kreme fad, $50 for a dozen outside of a convenience store, because people didn't want stand in line. The donuts at the shop were $3 each. The only reason they were any good is because they were fresh-baked...just like any other $1 fresh-baked donut from any other bakery in the city.

/Stupid reigns throughout the land//but centered in New York

Most of that money for cronuts and Krispy Kreme is financed by fees from 401k's and pension funds from people in flyover country. So who is stupid now?

gweilo8888:It doesn't. They're not. I can claim I have a delivery service for freshly sliced panda ears with a bechamel sauce, and that I have been charging $7,032 to deliver each one. Doesn't make it true, or mean that a single person has used the service.

The real explanation is that if you tell a yellow journalist some piece of nonsense like the above, they'll promote your sliced panda ears for you. Or in this case, your croissant-donut hybrid. And I would put money that's what happened here. Not a single person paid a single cent for a single cronut to be delivered. Nine out of ten of you didn't even know what a cronut was yesterday. Now you do.

The advertisement worked.

This was basically what happen in yesterday's geek thread, about an ebay scale mail armor for guinea pig. Step 1 put something goofy for sale on ebay, Step 2: write several articles about it and submit it to 'news' forums, and then link those from reddit/fark. Step 3 Profit as the bids go ridiculously high.

/The sad thing is even knowing the game I considered spending $200 on "How to Avoid Huge Ships", but not $4 for the "Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer" for some reason.

Russ1642:gweilo8888: It doesn't. They're not. I can claim I have a delivery service for freshly sliced panda ears with a bechamel sauce, and that I have been charging $7,032 to deliver each one. Doesn't make it true, or mean that a single person has used the service.

The real explanation is that if you tell a yellow journalist some piece of nonsense like the above, they'll promote your sliced panda ears for you. Or in this case, your croissant-donut hybrid. And I would put money that's what happened here. Not a single person paid a single cent for a single cronut to be delivered. Nine out of ten of you didn't even know what a cronut was yesterday. Now you do.

The advertisement worked.

I want some of your exquisite panda ears. Do you ship to Canada?

I have it on good word from the daily mail that indeed he does and the saltwater ads a more savory note to their boquet

I guarantee you he is in negotiations right now to open at least 5 other locations throughout New York City to keep up with the current demand.

Of course, by the time they've opened in the fall, the fad will be over and all the foodies will have moved on to eating bridges built by Doozers or whatever, and he'll be left holding the bag for $50k/month in leased commercial space.

tenpoundsofcheese:kab: Anytime a capitalist bleats that "things sell for exactly what they're worth", simply refer them to this article, and smile.

Yes. Because it proves it is true.Some people are okay with spending 2-3 hours in line and pay $5 for a Cronut.Others are okay with spending that 2-3 hours doing something else and paying $100 for a Cronut.

Man, I could totally take up a new job. Even limiting it to two/customer, and saying I only got $45/Cronut, waited 3 hours+30 mins for delivering to them.

People wait on line for the stupidest shiat in NYC. Like Shake Shack, with its overpriced, undersized, mediocre shakes and burgers. Go to Johnny Rockets that shiat is 5x better than Shake Shack and half the price.

Moosecakes:People wait on line for the stupidest shiat in NYC. Like Shake Shack, with its overpriced, undersized, mediocre shakes and burgers. Go to Johnny Rockets that shiat is 5x better than Shake Shack and half the price.

People also use stupid idioms in NYC. Like saying "on line" instead of "in line". Is there a line painted on the floor for you to stand on? Then you're not standing on line.

I've just heard about these cronuts and I've already sold my house in the hopes of just talking to someone who has been in an elevator with the nephew of someone else whose friends have heard of people who have tried them, because they're either that good or else 'cronuts' is the key word that triggers the nuclear sleeper agents and sets off the apocalypse.

I actually had one last week. Only had to stand in line for 45 minutes. It was actually worth the money. Three tv crews came to interview people in line, Telemundo, a british crew and a US crew. As we stood there waiting, next to us was a van from "Gods Love We Deliver" I commented to a few people on line the irony of us standing in line to waste money (it was delish) on dough and sugar while standing next to a charity food delivery truck. Reactions were pretty much the same - Yes we see that and tough nuggies, we want a cronut and this is NYC.